Helldivers 2 Patch 5.0.0 Arrives With an Incoming Message From High Command That's Already Got Players Worried

Arrowhead has released Helldivers 2 update 5.0.0, which makes large equilibrium changes that really rise limb harm — but there’s besides an incoming connection from High Command that has the assemblage worried.

Update 5.5.0 arrives alongside the jungle-themed Python Commandos Warbond, which adds a fig of fan-requested weapons including a minigun.

But it’s the incoming connection from High Command — an in-universe tease from Arrowhead to the Helldivers 2 assemblage connected what’s successful store — that has raised eyebrows.

“Super Earth has detected unusual signals from antecedently unmonitored worlds connected the Galactic map,” the connection reads. “The Ministry of Intelligence is investigating the root of the signals. Helldivers, beryllium vigilant and clasp the precocious ground.”

What does this mean? Players aren’t sure, though speculation is pointing to thing Illuminate related, fixed the notation of “unmonitored worlds.”

As for the patch, it makes a fig of fixes, including for audio issues, XP modifiers, and respective crashes, arsenic good arsenic much optimizations and improvements. The balancing changes rise limb damage, and determination are much-needed fixes to limb FOV. The spot notes, courtesy of Steam, are below.

In different Helldivers news, we yet person confirmation that Justin Lin is acceptable to nonstop the upcoming Helldivers 2 movie. Lin is champion known for his enactment connected a fig of Fast & Furious movies, and was the manager of the bid from The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift successful 2006 until Fast & Furious 6 successful 2013.

Helldivers 2 Update 5.5.0 spot notes:

Balancing

General changes

Decreased ergonomics punishment connected magnifying scopes limb attachments

• The intent is to marque magnifying scopes much a substance of penchant by decreasing the punishment they enforce connected a weapon's ergonomics (low ergonomics makes the weapons muzzle travel the crosshair slower).

Some of the Pistol ammo equilibrium update

• The intent with this alteration is to marque immoderate of the pistol rounds weapons much effectual aft the past pistol ammo re-balance that did marque them much of a adjacent scope weapon.
• The pistol rounds re-balance wide intent is to marque them much effectual astatine adjacent scope portion not much effectual astatine agelong scope past for illustration battle oregon marksman rifles

2x Tube Red Dot

• Decreased ergonomic modifier from (-3) to (-1)

4x Combat Scope

• Decreased ergonomic modifier from (-6) to (-2)

10x Sniper Scope

• Decreased ergonomic modifier from (-9) to (-4)
• APW-1 Anti-Materiel Rifle is besides effected by this alteration truthful it volition get an accrued ergonomics from 26 to 31

Primary weapons

SMG-37 Defender

• Increased harm from 100 to 110
• Increased durable harm from 20 to 22

SMG-32 Reprimand

• Increased harm from 135 to 140

M7S SMG

• Increased harm from 80 to 90
• Increased durable harm from 16 to 18

VG-70 Variable

• Increased durable harm 20 to 23

M90A Shotgun

• Increased durable harm 15 to 20

Sidearms weapons

P-2 Peacemaker

• Increased harm from 95 to 100
• Increased durable harm 30 to 32

P-113 Verdict

• Increased harm from 135 to 140

M6C/SOCOM Pistol

• Increased harm from 110 to 125
• Increased durable harm from 25 to 28

Enemies

War strider

• Decreased unit spot connected grenade detonation from 50 to 30

Bile Spewer

• Decreased unit spot connected artillery detonation from 50 to 30
• Decreased unit impulse connected artillery detonation from 60 to 40

Stalker

• Decreased unit spot from 40 to 35 erstwhile a lingua onslaught hits the player

(Force strength is the worth that decides if a subordinate oregon force should stagger oregon ragdoll.)

Gameplay

Keybind options for speedy limb function:

• New, unbound keybind options person been added for rapidly swapping limb functions (like changing occurrence modes oregon ammo).
• The intent is to springiness players amended easiness of use, particularly for weapons with aggregate ammo types similar the Halt, Autocannon, and the caller "One Two" AR.

Updated First Person View (FPV)

• We updated however First Person View (FPV) works with the volition of improving the aiming acquisition crossed antithetic FOV settings (Field of view).
• The intent is that the size and region of the scope volition beryllium much accordant with antithetic FOV settings.
• We besides updated however ergonomics works successful FPV with the intent to marque it much responsive.
• Fixed instances of flickering textures successful assorted metropolis locations

Fixes

Crash Fixes & Softlocks

• Fixed a uncommon clang that would hap erstwhile combat euphony would start
• Fixed a uncommon clang that could hap during 'Nuke Nursery' mission
• Fixed clang aft hotjoining a crippled that conscionable started wherever the existing players are utilizing definite stratagems
• Fixed a uncommon clang erstwhile enemies would autumn done the ground
• Fix uncommon clang connected ngo load

Weapons & Stratagem Fixes

• Fixed an contented with the BR-14 Adjudicator, erstwhile aiming with the 10x scope connected 200 m mounting which would origin the exemplary to vanish
• Fixed a ocular contented connected VG-70 Variable during the reload animation erstwhile aiming down sights
• Fixed a torso clipping contented with the CE-07 Demolition Specialist armor
• Fixed pump-shotguns sometimes not showing a caller ammunition being inserted connected reload
• PLAS-45 Epoch present correctly zooms successful ADS mode, conscionable similar immoderate different enactment weapon
• Fixed show related to nary ammo being shown for Infinite Ammo weapons
• Fixed the VO (Voice Over) enactment for “no ammo” being played aft pressing reload whilst utilizing Infinite Ammo weapons
• Fixed a tiny bug wherever proviso packs were giving ammo without consuming a complaint erstwhile dropped
• Fixed a bug that locks stratagems aft drowning portion holding that stratagem ball
• Fixed the reddish glow that would hap if the subordinate would bare 1 oregon 2 magazines with MG-206 Heavy Machine Gun, M-105 Stalwart oregon MG-43 Machine Gun

Enemies

• Factory Striders volition nary longer beryllium launched to entity erratically erstwhile dying
• Hellpods that deed Factory Striders volition nary longer stay successful the aerial aft the force dies
• War Striders present detonate mines
• Enemy beingness astir Cognitive Disruptor Towers is present cleared from the mini-map erstwhile the nonsubjective is completed
• Chargers nary longer velocity up erstwhile exiting charge
• Fixed Rupture Warriors getting stuck beneath Sentries
• Added a medium-armored anemic spot to the vents connected the backside of the Bunker, AA, and Mortar emplacements. This was done truthful these structures behave likewise to different comparable defenses..

Miscellaneous Fixes

• Fixed the terrain not being affected by explosions and the Entrenchment Tool (PS5 only)
• Fixed a bug wherever the lights were missing/flickering connected the Orbital Gatling
• Fixed a thumbnail glitch successful the Acquisition Center menu
• Cryo-pods nary longer clip into the Engineering Bay erstwhile playing the vessel accomplishment cutscene
• Fixed an armor spread affecting CE-27 Ground Beaker and CW-9 White Wolf whilst utilizing the 'Draw!' emote
• The UI volition nary longer amusement inaccurate nonsubjective info connected the Mission Summary surface if the big has near the game
• Fixed a bug whilst joining a non-host successful a cross-play lobby.
• Fixed the NPC technician’s cervix sticking done their shirt
• Mini-map fog of warfare effect portion exploring caves nary longer persists betwixt missions
• Soon-to-be Helldivers volition nary longer beryllium stopped from progressing the tutorial if they dice successful the emblem room
• Fixed contented wherever the automaton grinder sludge would beryllium affected by weathering adjacent though it's sealed down glass
• Fixed an contented wherever a rocket wrong the Destroyer’s hangar was misaligned. This unsafe enactment of asymmetry has been corrected. The undemocratic vessel relation liable for this disgraceful show of inefficiency has been promptly re-educated successful a high-orbit correctional facility. Glory to the Office of Corrective Deployment!
• Helldivers volition nary longer beryllium locked retired of the GATER erstwhile trying to get into the driver's spot simultaneously
• Fixed a bug with missing haptics erstwhile a controller disconnects oregon reconnects
• Fixed an contented connected a bid bunker wherever determination was a deficiency of collision

Optimizations

• Optimized lights connected Automaton VFX
• Optimized physics of stone assets passim the crippled to amended performance
• Improved the mode biology effects specified arsenic sandstorms, blizzards, and acerb storms use their presumption effects for reduced interaction connected performance
• Improved ADS limb placement and behaviour
• Reduced the magnitude of camera clipping connected weapons
• Fixed texture details utilized for weapons portion aiming down sights
• Improved extent of tract erstwhile ADS and whilst scopes are zoomed in
• Fix for textures sometimes appearing debased solution adjacent erstwhile representation is disposable (PC only)

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